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Shaun Tan to Emily in Paris: Reach for books as worthy gifts

NEW YORK (AP) — Books are an easy gift choice, but that doesn't mean they can't be fresh. There's always a great selection around the holidays for a range of ages and interests. Some ideas: “Creature,” by Shaun Tan.
Living with cancer, Mi'kmaq author talks last edition of 'We were not the Savages'

Living with cancer, Mi'kmaq author talks last edition of 'We were not the Savages'

HALIFAX — He's 84 years old and receiving chemotherapy treatments for liver cancer, but Mi'kmaq elder and author Daniel Paul says his mission of sweeping away the "fairy tales" of colonial history must go on.
Canadian writer for 'Anne Rice's Interview With the Vampire' addresses fan backlash

Canadian writer for 'Anne Rice's Interview With the Vampire' addresses fan backlash

Adam O’Byrne had largely put aside acting to work behind-the-scenes in television, but he could not turn down a hair-raising cameo on AMC's “Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire.
Canadian creators tease season two of 'Anne Rice's Interview With the Vampire'

Canadian creators tease season two of 'Anne Rice's Interview With the Vampire'

The Toronto-born producer of “Anne Rice’s Interview With the Vampire” saysfans of the TV series who were sent reeling by a provocative finale will likely have to wait about a year for answers.
Robert Caro, Gottlieb and the mystic chords of memory

Robert Caro, Gottlieb and the mystic chords of memory

NEW YORK (AP) — Robert A. Caro and his editor, Robert Gottlieb, know each other so well. After a half-century together, the pair have lived in each other’s minds for so long that they can anticipate what the other will say.

Apple-Books-Top-10

US Bestseller List - Paid Books 1. It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover - 9781668001233 - (Atria Books) 2. It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover - 9781501110375 - (Atria Books) 3.
Caro still working away on fifth LBJ book, no pub date set

Caro still working away on fifth LBJ book, no pub date set

NEW YORK (AP) — The good news on Robert A. Caro's long-awaited next book is that he knows the final words. The bad news is that he's known them for years and remains far from concluding his Lyndon B. Johnson series.
Review: 'The Good Country' revives Midwest's history

Review: 'The Good Country' revives Midwest's history

“The Good Country: A History of the American Midwest 1800-1900” by Jon K. Lauck (The University of Oklahoma Press) Dismissed as Flyover Country. Romanticized as the Heartland. Now, historian Jon K.
Paid-by-the-page ebook subscription model a boon for genre writers

Paid-by-the-page ebook subscription model a boon for genre writers

Though her knitwear patterns had previously been published in books and magazines, Reagan Davis was ready to spin a different kind of yarn.

Thomas Pynchon sells archives to Huntington Library

NEW YORK (AP) — The archives of Thomas Pynchon, including correspondence, handwritten notes and the typescripts for such classic novels as “Gravity's Rainbow” and “V.”, have been acquired by the Huntington Library in San Marino, California.
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